It makes me wonder if there were NBA offers to be a bench player, and he went with the higher profile "AK47's replacement" job, or if there weren't any NBA offers at all.

Or maybe he just wants to win some awards... (No offence to Toronto)

Out of all the NBA players in Europe last season, he impressed me the most with his devotion to the basketball. Some players came to Europe to rest for money as if they were on vocation. But not him, he gave his best. Kudos to him.